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hippywife

(22,767 posts)
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 03:01 PM Feb 2022

I have something to say about how this site is run!

We live out in the sticks and there is no fiber optic available yet. So, we're still on DSL. This means that sometimes it can take several heartbeats for pages to open, refresh, etc. Then there are websites that can take forever and frequently refuse to load at all for extended periods of time (*cough*reddit*cough*).

Not DU, though. I barely have time to blink and Voila! You can't imagine how appreciative I am for this.

Many thanks to DU admin for making this not just an enjoyable place to hang out and kvetch with friends, but also an efficiently run site.




I'm going to have to find something to do with all this extra time.

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I have something to say about how this site is run! (Original Post) hippywife Feb 2022 OP
It's a GREAT place! calimary Feb 2022 #1
It really is! hippywife Feb 2022 #3
I agree- interesting articles, interesting viewpoints, mature and civil discussion and Prof. Toru Tanaka Feb 2022 #20
K&R ! stonecutter357 Feb 2022 #2
K&R BlueJac Feb 2022 #4
Thanks, BlueJac! hippywife Feb 2022 #6
Just feel comfortable enjoying like thinking people. BlueJac Feb 2022 #8
Exactly musclecar6 Feb 2022 #26
It can be frustrating, gab13by13 Feb 2022 #5
LOL hippywife Feb 2022 #7
Starlink for rural internet OxQQme Feb 2022 #9
Thanks for the suggestion, OxQQme. hippywife Feb 2022 #10
SpaceX loses up to 40 satellites to geomagnetic storm after Starlink launch. usaf-vet Feb 2022 #28
I just watched that video hippywife Feb 2022 #29
SpaceX should be commended, not criticized for this whopis01 Feb 2022 #35
I live way out in the sticks too Farmer-Rick Feb 2022 #11
That's another thing that needs to change. hippywife Feb 2022 #30
This op reminds me of something I experienced years ago. tiredtoo Feb 2022 #12
DU rocks underpants Feb 2022 #13
Yes, it does! hippywife Feb 2022 #15
❤️ underpants Feb 2022 #16
I live out in the boonies, too. I learned on DU how to get news duhneece Feb 2022 #14
Try this link DownriverDem Feb 2022 #32
I finally had time to check it out duhneece Feb 2022 #37
Cool post IbogaProject Feb 2022 #17
Thanks, Iboga! 👍🏼🤞🏼nt hippywife Feb 2022 #19
👍 Joinfortmill Feb 2022 #18
How to you find the load time for image intense posts? robbob Feb 2022 #21
It's not terrible hippywife Feb 2022 #31
I have always thought this as well, it really is an amazing site. Thanks for posting this.... secondwind Feb 2022 #22
How does your DSL Internet handle my heavy image threads? ItsjustMe Feb 2022 #23
Handling them just fine at the moment. hippywife Feb 2022 #25
Dont know what I'd do without DU. I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2022 #24
That is why we need both of Biden's plans BBB and the Infrastructure plans passed into laws.... usaf-vet Feb 2022 #27
The one thing that I try to do is to put any pictures, graphics, or tweets TexasTowelie Feb 2022 #33
It's not too bad hippywife Feb 2022 #34
I remember the long outage after Election Night 2016 ThoughtCriminal Feb 2022 #36

hippywife

(22,767 posts)
3. It really is!
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 03:18 PM
Feb 2022

And for many more reasons that the one stated above.

I was absent when Skinner made his exit and handover to EarlG. I recently read all of that and had to at the part about the freepers saying how terrible it looked and that it wouldn't be around for very long. Ha!

Prof. Toru Tanaka

(1,924 posts)
20. I agree- interesting articles, interesting viewpoints, mature and civil discussion and
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 05:22 PM
Feb 2022

some wickedly good humor and put downs of folks and groups that deserve them!

Thank you, DU administration and all the members.

hippywife

(22,767 posts)
6. Thanks, BlueJac!
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 03:45 PM
Feb 2022

I was here for many years, then had to get away the past few years or so because I had to take myself out of the news cycle for my mental and emotional well-being. Being here presented too much of a risk and made it too easy to slip back into the melee. (Husband still kept me updated on the important stuff, coz you just can't walk around not knowing, right?)

Anyway, being back has felt like slipping back into my softest, coziest, warmest, most comfortable article of clothing. It's good to see old friends again and not have to wonder where someone you're conversing with falls in the great division that's come upon us. I've loved being back.

musclecar6

(1,681 posts)
26. Exactly
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 06:03 PM
Feb 2022


It’s nice to be with people who aren’t strictly focused on me, me, me, and fuck you I got mine like most republicans I know. The only big picture they’ve ever seen, is anything that makes THEIR wallet fatter.

gab13by13

(20,867 posts)
5. It can be frustrating,
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 03:41 PM
Feb 2022

I remember back when I had a Commodore 64 when you actually had to type in load...whatever.

hippywife

(22,767 posts)
10. Thanks for the suggestion, OxQQme.
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 04:05 PM
Feb 2022

First, we live on a fixed income and that's way outside our budget.

Second, and I mean this in the nicest possible way, I'd rather go back to dial-up than support Elon Musk.

whopis01

(3,467 posts)
35. SpaceX should be commended, not criticized for this
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 12:51 PM
Feb 2022

They purposely launch the satellites into an unstable, low orbit initially. They then conduct tests to verify that each satellite is working properly. If it passes the tests in orbit, it is then moved to a higher, stable orbit.

If a satellite doesn’t pass the test, it is easy to deorbit it from this lower orbit. That me purpose is to prevent cluttering orbits with non-functioning junk.

In this case, the storm increased the drag on the satellites and brought them down lower which prevented them from completing their tests and being moved to a higher orbit.

If it wasn’t for SpaceX’s attempts to reduce orbital clutter, the satellites would have been fine.

Farmer-Rick

(10,072 posts)
11. I live way out in the sticks too
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 04:20 PM
Feb 2022

And we finally got fiber optics but....we got shitty Comcast (Xfinity) service with it. There's no competition out here, you take what you can get with utility services.

So, my Comcast service gets locked up alot and they spam blocked my daughter's call for no apparent reason. But I could go on with all the problems with Comcast. At least I can get DU pretty regularly.

hippywife

(22,767 posts)
30. That's another thing that needs to change.
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 08:17 PM
Feb 2022

The monopolies all these shitty ass companies like Comcast have.

tiredtoo

(2,949 posts)
12. This op reminds me of something I experienced years ago.
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 04:21 PM
Feb 2022

While returning from Florida to Michigan one spring 15-20 years ago. We decided to take a different route to see more of our country. We stopped for the night in a campground in W.Virginia. Nice campground in the mountains. You could call the office and order pizza which was delivered to your door in short order and it was good. And they had wi-fi so it was a go for me. After consuming the pizza I got my laptop out and went to internet. Searched for Democratic Underground, message on screen said this site has been blocked because of foul language or something along those words.

duhneece

(4,105 posts)
14. I live out in the boonies, too. I learned on DU how to get news
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 05:05 PM
Feb 2022

DU gave us the link to live news with this link: https://www.livenewsnow.com/american/msnbc.html

And DU gives me sanity, a place to cry and to celebrate the small victories

I’m eternally grateful for DU.

DownriverDem

(6,206 posts)
32. Try this link
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 09:44 AM
Feb 2022

When I am somewhere that doesn't have cable, I watch this site. The channels you can get are unbelievable. You can search for USA channels or other countries.

http://www.freeintertv.com/view/id-2302

robbob

(3,514 posts)
21. How to you find the load time for image intense posts?
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 05:23 PM
Feb 2022

Like lolcats and the daily cartoons? I don’t image they’re too slow? I love all the extra work people do to entertain us on this site!

Oh! Almost forgot “dis and dat”? If that’s what it’s called? Tres amusing!

hippywife

(22,767 posts)
31. It's not terrible
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 08:19 PM
Feb 2022

during the day when most people are at work. Things slow down a tad in the evening.

hippywife

(22,767 posts)
25. Handling them just fine at the moment.
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 05:55 PM
Feb 2022

Later tonight when everyone out here gets home, it may be a different story.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,452 posts)
24. Dont know what I'd do without DU.
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 05:42 PM
Feb 2022

Been here forever and even tho I haven't said it in a long,long time.. Thank you DU for taking in this ornery cat. I have found my furever home..
😸💐

usaf-vet

(6,094 posts)
27. That is why we need both of Biden's plans BBB and the Infrastructure plans passed into laws....
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 06:06 PM
Feb 2022

.... There is money in there to get HIGH-SPEED internet to every home. That alone will create 10 of thousands of new jobs. All communication copper wiring in every building will need to be upgraded to fiber optics.

IMO that is one reason the repugs don't want high-speed information at everyone's fingertips.

They want the general population to be dumb ...... easier to manipulate.

TexasTowelie

(111,313 posts)
33. The one thing that I try to do is to put any pictures, graphics, or tweets
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 10:56 AM
Feb 2022

at the end of the OPs. At least the text of the post can be read while waiting for the images to load completely.

hippywife

(22,767 posts)
34. It's not too bad
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 10:59 AM
Feb 2022

during the day. Everything loads well. In the evening when people are home is when it slows down the most. Or at any time in the day on sites that are extremely graphic heavy.

ThoughtCriminal

(14,011 posts)
36. I remember the long outage after Election Night 2016
Thu Feb 10, 2022, 02:15 PM
Feb 2022

And trying to seek out alternative sites. One thing was made clear - THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE for D.U.

Somebody on the other side noticed that too.

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